Weaponized

4 questions for Paul Bloom

In a new book, Bloom argues that empathy leads us astray when we rely on it to make moral decisions

By Lea Winerman

May 2017,

"A third problem is that empathy can be weaponized. So, unscrupulous politicians use our empathy for victims of certain crimes to motivate anger and hatred toward other, marginalized, groups. We saw a lot of that in the last election season."